Track YouTube competitor stats automatically in Google Sheets

Pulls subscriber counts, views, and engagement stats for any YouTube channel straight into Google Sheets.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each youtube channel.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Runs once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Spreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market IntelligenceFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
YouTubeGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Keeping tabs on how competing YouTube channels are performing means visiting each one manually and jotting down numbers that are already out of date by the time you compare them. Doing this regularly across multiple competitors just isn't sustainable by hand.

Who it fits

Content creators, marketers, and businesses who want to track competitor YouTube channels over time.

How it works

  1. You enter the YouTube channel usernames you want to track
  2. The system pulls subscriber count, video count, views, and engagement stats for each channel
  3. The data is added to your Google Sheets document automatically
  4. You get an organized, up-to-date view for comparing channels side by side
What you get

Channels you can compare at a glance

You get an always up to date view of competitor YouTube channels, ready to compare side by side whenever you check in.

What you get

An updated Google Sheets tracker with competitor subscriber counts, views, and engagement metrics.

What you need

A Google account with Sheets access and a YouTube Data API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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